Tigertail
The tigertail is a dragonfly from Africa. It belongs to the clubtails, dragonflies whose tail gets wider near the tip, like a little club. It lives near almost any kind of fresh water you can think of.
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Fun facts
It is found in more than 20 African countries, from Senegal to Somalia and down to South Africa.
It lives at rivers, lakes, swamps, marshes and springs, and even at rivers and lakes that dry up for part of the year.
It has even been seen in the Sahara desert in Algeria, at Tassili n'Ajjer National Park.
Most asked questions about Tigertail
?Is the tigertail dangerous?
No. Dragonflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the tigertail live?
In Africa, near rivers, lakes, swamps and springs, in forests as well as in savanna.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ictinogomphus ferox
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Gomphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Gomphidae
- Lives on
- Africa
- Also known as
- Common tiger, Common tigertail
Where the facts come from
- Ictinogomphus ferox (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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